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Brackley, Thomas Egerton, Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Brackley, Thomas Egerton, Viscount: see Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron. ...

Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia)Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis: see Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of. ...

Zanzibar, semiautonomous archipelago and island, Tanzania

(Encyclopedia)Zanzibar zănˈzĭbär, zănzĭbärˈ [key], semiautonomous archipelago (2012 pop. 1,303,569), Tanzania, E Africa, in the Indian Ocean c. 20 mi (32 km) off the mainland, consisting of the island of Za...

Sandalwood Island, alternate name for Vanua Levu, Fiji

(Encyclopedia)Sandalwood Island: see Vanua Levu. ...

Greely, Adolphus Washington

(Encyclopedia)Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844–1935, American army officer and arctic explorer, b. Newburyport, Mass. Entering the Union army at 17, he emerged a brevet major of volunteers at the end of the Civi...

Lewis, island, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Lewis, Scotland: see Lewis and Harris. ...

Ezel, island, Estonia

(Encyclopedia)Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.

Hydra, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.

Ithaca, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.

Peary, Robert Edwin

(Encyclopedia)Peary, Robert Edwin pērˈē [key], 1856–1920, American arctic explorer, b. Cresson, Pa. In 1881 he entered the U.S. navy as a civil engineer and for several years served in Nicaragua, where he was ...